Instructional curriculum map

Draft

An instructional curriculum map (ICM) is an instructional design method developed by Gagné et al. (this needs verification) to plan the structure of a large learning module, i.e. a course.

The principle

Just roughly (for the moment):

Course

• At course general we define general objectives to reach in terms of a prior needs analysis
• A course is divided into units

Unit

• Each unit is firstly designed in terms of a rather general goal to attain (enabling objective)
• Then, activities (teacher, learner) are defined in terms of subgoals to reach. Some also may rely on other input (e.g. previous knowledge, other courses)
• Each subgoal becomes a sub-unit if necessary
• For sub-unit design, see methods like nine events of instruction

Instructional design methods and models that include ICMs

• Most Instructional systems designs, e.g. Dick and Carey's Systematic Design of Instruction
• MISA, is a more complex model that pushes all analysis steps very far.
• Typical lesson planning methods also include some form of ICM.

References

• Gagné, R. M., and Briggs, L. J. and Wager, W. W., Principles of Instructional Design. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, (1992).